PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shissi Aren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owain Glyndwr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aren comes to the cage accompanied by The Hood by Dead Prez. Glyndwr is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Aren
vs
Glyndwr

175 cm
26
218 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

194 cm
25
223 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shissi Aren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Owain Glyndwr!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aren is looking to chop away at Glyndwr's legs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Aren lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Glyndwr throws a low kick, looking for Aren's leg but Aren calmly moves out of range.

Aren moves into range and clinches up with Glyndwr.
Aren lands an elbow just above Glyndwr 's eye.
Aren landing knees to the body.
Aren is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Aren has Glyndwr pushed against the cage.
Aren blocks a body shot from Glyndwr.
Aren lands a body punch in the clinch.
Aren looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aren unloads a knee to the mid-section. Glyndwr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aren displaying some good clinch control by pressing Glyndwr up against the cage.

Aren manages to break the clinch.
Owain Glyndwr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Glyndwr.
Aren scoring well with a low kick there.

Glyndwr shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Aren is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Glyndwr throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Aren because Glyndwr loaded up on that one.
Glyndwr looking to ground and pound but Aren is blocking nicely.
Aren really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Glyndwr putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Aren is in all sorts of trouble here.
Glyndwr punching from mount but Aren doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glyndwr raining down hammerfists from mount.
Aren manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Aren has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Glyndwr is working away from the top position though.
Aren might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Aren blocking the ground and pound attempt from Glyndwr.
Aren avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Glyndwr.
Glyndwr not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Glyndwr is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Aren doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Glyndwr.
Aren is pressing down on Glyndwr's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glyndwr connects with a couple of short punches.
Glyndwr is looking to work some ground and pound but Aren has wrist control.
Aren avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Glyndwr throws a big elbow that misses.
Glyndwr pushes down on Aren's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glyndwr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Glyndwr wants to pass to mount but Aren is defending the position.
Aren wants to improve his position but Glyndwr is controlling well.
Aren is working hard here to advance position.
Glyndwr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glyndwr passes to full mount!
Aren in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Glyndwr throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glyndwr lands a big shot there that rocks Aren but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Aren is in a horrible position here. Glyndwr smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Aren blocking the ground and pound.
Glyndwr landing strikes from the mount and Aren is in trouble!
Aren wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Glyndwr.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glyndwr scoring with strikes but Aren is staying in there.

Aren is rocked!
Glyndwr cracks Aren with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Owain Glyndwr!
During a confident post fight interview, Owain Glyndwr thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.